{"content":"Quid pote (:potest) tan (:tam) durum saxso (:saxo)? aut quid mollius unda? \ndura tamen molli saxsa (:saxa) cavantur aqua.","bibliography":"CIL 04, 01895, con apografo Tab. XXVI 1 (1), cf. p. 1709 (2)<br>CLE 936, cf. CLE 1786 adn. (3) <br>Stud. Philol. Val. 11, 2008, pp. 250-251 (P. Kruschwitz) ()<br>A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL vol. IV collecti sunt, Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 379 con foto (4)<br>K. Milnor, Graffiti and the Literary Landscape in Roman Pompeii. Oxford 2014, p. 154 ()<br>A. Spal, Poesie-Erotik-Witz, Berlin 2016, pp. 85-86 ()<br>http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR192097 (5)","apparatus":"Textus secundum (1)<br>Ovid, Ars Amatoria I.475-476: <br>Quid magis est saxo durum, quid mollius unda? <br>  Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua.","photos":[],"sourceFindSpot":"Pompei (Napoli), Regio VIII.1.1, Basilica","principleContributors":"Rebecca Benefiel","lastRevision":"2024-06-05","editor":"Rebecca Benefiel","writingStyleInEnglish":"Graffito/incised","languageInEnglish":"Latin","property":{"italianPropertyName":"Basilica","additionalEntrances":"2,6","insula":{"shortName":"VIII.1","fullName":"Insula VIII.1","city":{"name":"Pompeii","pleiadesId":"433032"}},"propertyTypes":[{"name":"Public Building","description":"Buildings that served the public, such as public baths, law courts, entertainment complexes"}],"numberOfGraffiti":31,"uri":"Pompeii/VIII.1/1","propertyName":"Basilica","propertyNumber":"1"},"cil":"1895","figuralInfo":{},"trismegistosNumber":null,"uri":"https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR192097","pleiadesId":"433032","locationMetadataLink":"properties/Pompeii/VIII.1/1","agpId":"AGP-EDR192097","citation":"AGP-EDR192097, <i>The Ancient Graffiti Project</i>, &lt;https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR192097&gt; [accessed: 03 Apr 2026]"}